Glory Episode 24 Recap
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Yang Yitang, now a desperate fugitive, seeks out Rong Yunshu to demand funds for his escape. He reminds her of their past collusion, where she used him to orchestrate Rong Shanbao’s expulsion from the family. Now, he blackmails her for a share of the Rong family's private treasury. While Yunshu’s maid suggests reporting him, Yunshu devises a "one stone, two birds" scheme.
She views Yang Yitang as a weapon she can manipulate, waiting to see who this "knife" will ultimately strike. Late that night, while Yunshu is with her grandmother, bandits storm the Chongxi Hall. They enter through a secret tunnel in the Hualin Courtyard, bypassing the outer guards. The intruders demand the key to the family treasury, threatening the Old Madam.
In a calculated display of devotion, Yunshu throws herself in front of her grandmother, taking a sword wound to her shoulder. This act of sacrifice deeply moves the Old Madam, securing Yunshu's position as her most trusted granddaughter. Word of the attack reaches Lu Jianglai, who gathers his men and heads to the mansion. Rong Shanbao also rushes back, but she is met with cold hostility.
Because the tunnel’s existence was common knowledge and the guard rotation schedule had been personally managed by Shanbao, the Old Madam is easily convinced that the robbery was Shanbao’s act of revenge for her earlier expulsion. Yunshu feigns a defense for her sister, pleading with her grandmother not to misunderstand, but her words are carefully chosen to fuel the Old Madam’s rage. Overwhelmed by the betrayal and the shock of the raid, the Old Madam collapses.
In the aftermath, Yunshu reveals her true nature to Shanbao, noting that while it only takes 728 steps to walk from her courtyard to the grandmother’s hall, it took her sixteen years of patient scheming to finally arrive. Meanwhile, the trap continues to close. Governor Jiang Yiqian, who views the Rong family as a thorn in his side, arrives at the tea plantation with soldiers.
During the raid, his men "discover" stolen gold and the Old Madam’s personal prayer beads, which had been planted to frame Shanbao. Lu Jianglai arrives just in time to stop Jiang from arresting her. He argues that because the value of the theft exceeds 5,000 taels, the law dictates it must be handled by him as the imperial envoy. To save Shanbao from Jiang’s certain brutality, Lu takes her into his own custody.
Jiang reluctantly agrees but imposes a harsh condition: if Lu cannot find the real culprits within ten days, he will be flogged and stripped of his office. Lu places Shanbao in a secure cell, frustrated by her calm silence and her failure to defend herself against such an obvious frame-up. With Shanbao in prison and the Old Madam incapacitated, Yunshu seizes control of the household.
She bars Rong Yunxi and Xiangling from the grandmother’s quarters, claiming she is merely following orders for the Old Madam to rest. The sisters quickly realize they had underestimated Yunshu’s cold ambition. Even the opportunistic third sister, Rong Yune, seeing which way the wind is blowing, decides to defect to Yunshu’s side and helps enforce the lockdown. To further solidify the case against Shanbao, Jiang Yiqian tortures the tea slaves from the plantation, forcing them to sign false confessions.
He aims to prove that Shanbao was not only harboring bandits but also training a private army for rebellion. Meanwhile, Bai Yingsheng confronts Yunshu about the robbery. He brings up the tragic history of her parents—how the Old Madam’s cruelty had led to her mother’s death and her father’s ultimate despair.
Realizing that Yunshu orchestrated the framing of her own sister out of a thirst for revenge, he gives her an ultimatum: she must leave with him for the capital in three days, or he will expose her crimes.
